Blog & Reviews

Steve E. Clark is an avid reader, and enjoys sharing his reviews of suspense, mystery, thrillers and history.

Take a look through some of his reviews, and you may find a great book to add to your library!

Steve Clark is an author and lawyer in Oklahoma City specializing in medical malpractice. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor limited to the top 1% of attorneys. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Steve E. Clark is an avid reader, and enjoys sharing his reviews of suspense, mystery, thrillers and history.
The Red Lotus

The Red Lotus

Talk about timing! Chris Bohjalian’s The Red Lotus (Doubleday, $27.95) came out last month, a book centered on a plague imported from the far east, possibly infecting New York City and killing thousands. Undoubtedly sales have been strong as we sit at home....

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A Small Town

A Small Town

A reviewer of my second Kristin Kerry novel, Justice is for the Deserving, wrote that “The idea of a nurse serial killer murdering babies in a hospital is preposterous”, so I couldn’t resist buying Thomas Perry’s A Small Town (The Mysterious Press, $26.00) after...

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Nine Elms

Nine Elms

Robert Bryndza calls his new novel, Nine Elms (Thomas and Mercher, $24.95), a Kate Marshall thriller. It must be the first since it begins with Kate as a rookie detective constable in London. The book opens with her incredible experience, catching the notorious Nine...

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A Bitter Feast

A Bitter Feast

Deborah Crombie has written another cozy mystery, A Bitter Feast (William Morrow, $25.99). This one begins with Duncan and Gemma, higher-ups in the metropolitan police in London, going to the Cotswolds’ for a pleasant weekend with their detective sergeants, Melody and...

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The Chain

The Chain

I don’t usually buy a book upon impulse. But The Chain (Mulholland Books, $28.00) jacket shows an empty child’s swing in a blood-red background. So, I picked it up, flipped through it, and discovered a horrible ethical dilemma, terror for any parent. Rachel’s...

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Takes One to Know One

Takes One to Know One

Susan Isaacs has written a cozy mystery It Takes One To Know One (Atlantic Monthly Press, $26.00) that reads a lot like a Sue Grafton novel. When the main character, Corie Geller, sits down for lunch we learn not only what she ate but whether she used mustard or...

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